FACING FURY - Surviving the STORM in TONGA (73)
The week our family is in the Ha'apai island group of Tonga. It was all smooth sailing with friends until the weather forecast changed. Everyone left and we decided to stay behind and ride out the storm. It left us questioning our sanity and if we were making the right decision. Hopefully we don't live to regret it.
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00:00 Sandy Point in Tonga
00:26 Going to check in at Customs in Ha'apai
02:09 Beach and Dingy drift snorkel
02:41 Storm is coming
03:52 Checking out a potentially safe anchorage
05:03 Forecast Gets Worse
05:33 Boy's Provision Run
06:42 Pig Beach
08:08 Projects and Prepping for New Zealand
09:00 Watching the Winds at Night
10:42 High Winds
11:52 How did Machete do?
12:11 Going to Check Out of Tonga
13:03 Provisioning before New Zealand
15:09 Ran out of CASH and EVERYTHING is CASH ONLY
17:06 Busted dinghy
18:00 Going to customs to officially check out of Tonga
18:56 Leaving Tonga
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